Objectives: This was to estimate the proportion of Dengue virus specific IgG ELISA among asymptomatic children between the ages of 1 year to 15 years, residing in an urban population of Karachi. Design: Cross-sectional study. Settings: Subjects were selected from Garden, Karachi; an urban area located adjacent to the Central district of Karachi. Participants: Children of ages 1 year to 15 years...

1. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. 2. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. 3. Professor of pharmacology, United Medical & Dental College, Karachi 4. Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. ABSTRACT... Objective: To evaluate anti-inflammatory acti...

INTRODUCTION Cancer ovary is the third most common malignancy diagnosed in women in Karachi, a moderate to high risk region for the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred and thirty seven cases of ovarian cancer registered at the Karachi Cancer Registry for the years 1995-2002 were reviewed. RESULTS The age- standardized incidence rate (ASR) world per 100,000, crude incidence rate per...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of household food insecurity at various income levels in urban areas of Karachi. METHODS A cross sectional survey of different localities in the central district of Karachi was carried out. The data was collected through household interviews of housewives conducted by trained nutritionist. Housewives were interviewed about food security status of the househo...

BACKGROUND Previous studies analysing Karachi ambulance data from 1993 to 1995 identified neighbourhoods in Karachi disproportionately affected by homicide. As a step toward developing intervention programmes to curb violence, we conducted a study to identify risk factors for becoming a homicide victim in a high violence area of Karachi. METHODS We interviewed families of 35 cases, individual...

Postgraduates programs in bioethics are available globally in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Europe and now with the efforts of UNESCO across much of Asia including India, China and Japan (1). In Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the first formal move in introducing bioethics teachings in the medical students’ curriculum was made at Aga Khan University, Karachi in 1984. It was in 1997 that workshops a...

The well-known fact is that parks play a significant role in sustaining the urban environment. Megacities like Karachi are developing rapidly with simultaneous increase city area, putting immense pressure on open green spaces. widespread built-up development replacing previously existing vegetative cover. lack of spaces main concern, and this problem will only worsen due to overpopulation assoc...

BACKGROUND Karachi is the largest metropolis of Pakistan and its economic hub attracting domestic migrants for economic opportunities. It is also the epicenter of HIV epidemic in the country. Since 2004, one pilot study and four behavioral and biological surveillance rounds have been conducted in Karachi. In addition many student research projects have also focused on key risk groups including ...

The burden of typhoid fever remains high in impoverished settings, and increasing antibiotic resistance is making treatment costly. One strategy for reducing the typhoid morbidity and mortality is vaccination with the Vi polysaccharide vaccine. We use a wealth of new economic and epidemiological data to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Vi vaccination against typhoid in sites in four Asian cit...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate mammography reports for diagnosed breast cancer cases in major government and private centers in Karachi, Pakistan, with respect to concordance with the Breast Imaging Reports And Data System (BI-RADS(®)) lexicon. METHODS A prospective, descriptive, multicenter study was conducted in the radiology sections of the Aga Khan University Hospita...